MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2711, 26 March 1866, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

The P., N.Z., and A.R.M. Co.'s fl.s. Lord Ashley, Captain Worsp, is due hera from the Southern provinces on Wednesday morning. The ships Alexandra and Queen of the North are amongst the departures for this port in our English shipping telegrams. The Alexandra is dospatehed by Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co., and comes consigned to Messrs. Cruickshank, Smart, and Co. The Queen of the North is one of Messrs. Houlder Brothers' line of vessels, and comes consigned to Messrs. Combes and Daldy. The latter gentleman, who has been on a visit to England, returns to the colony in this vessel, which, from her clipper qualities, may be expected to make a quick passage. The chartered troop transport-ship Maori will be inspected today by Captain Spain, R.N., prior to the reception of the first portion of H. M. 43rd Regiment;, and will sail during the week for England. The Silver Eagle will follow the Maori with the head-quarters of the regiment. The barque Anne Melhuisb, Captain Williams, is taking in a cargo of timber for the Australian market, and will sail for Newcastle in a day or two. H.M. s. Brisk discharged the men of the 43rd Regiment, brought up from Taranaki by her.on Satnrday morning. She will leave for Wanganui in a few days to transpoit troops from that place. The brig Annie Laurie, Captain Hays, sailed on Satnrday morning for Guam, iu ballast. The brigantine William went ashore on the North Spit at Hokitika on the 11th iaetant, and became a total wreck, being an old vessel, and unable to withstand the buffeting she received. The wreck was sold for £10. A telegram from Bokitika of the 17th March announces the s.s. Thane and s.s. Challenge ashore at Okarita. The s s. Egmont arrived at Nelson on the 18th from Hokitika and the Grey River, with 12,000oz. gold and 76 passengers. The e.o. Thane went ashore at Okarita on the 11th instant, but was subsequently got off with but little ! damage. The ship Chile sailed on the 16th March from Dunedin for London, with 2, 140 bales wool, 5,000oz. gold, and forty-three passengers. The sohooner Sea Bird was driven on shoreat the Grey River on the 11th instant, a short distance south of the wrecked schooner Falcon, of this port. Her cargo was safely landed, and some hopes were entertained of saving the vessel from total loss. During the passage of the barque Alma from Melbourne to Hokitika, the port yard-arm snapped short off in the middle, in consequence of the tie parting, and a seaman named Jones was precipitated to the deck. He was found much shakeu and bruised, but not further injured. The immigrant ship Pegasus, whicb was in this port last year, left London fot Sydney during the month of January. The brig Rita, Captain Robertson, will sail this morning for Sydney, with 1,000 bags potatoes, gum, hides, &c, and 11 passengers, whose names will be found elsewhere. The barque Juno, Captain Mitchell, sailed on Saturday evening for Newcastle, N.S.W., in ballast, with six passengers, whose names will be found in our Customs report. The following coasters entered inwards at the Customi on Satnrday : — Wanderer, cutter, from Coromandel ; Argo, schooner, from Matakana ; Rob Roy, cutter, from Kennedy's Bay ; Bonifca, cutter, from Canterbury ; Peter Cracroft, cutter, from Mercury Bay ; Lily, schooner, from Waiheki ; Lee, cutter, from Cabbage Bay ; Maid of the Mill, cutter, from Mahurangi. The schooner Mary Ann White, Knight, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening from Waiheki, with a cargo of firewood. The schooner Argo, Dickson, master, sailed on Saturday evening for Matakana, in ballast, with four passengers. The cutter Wanderer, Mirk, roaster, sailed on Saturday evening for Coromandel, with sundries and three passenger*. The cutter Peter Cracroft, Dustin, master, sailed last evening for Mercury Bay, in ballast. The schooner Lily, Joseph, master, sailed last evening for Waiheki, in ballast. The cutter Lee, Lombard, master, 1 sailed" last evening for Cabbage Bay, with sundry merchandise. The cutter Maid of the Mill, Neill, matter, arrived on Saturday morning from Mahurangi, with a cargo of firewood. The -cutter Annie Laurie, Stuart, master, sailed on Saturday evening for Wangarei, with sundry merdbandiie and twelve pasiengers. The cutter Ringdove, Brown, roaster, sailed on Saturday evening for Mahurangi and the Hot Springs, via Motutapu Island, with sundry merchandise and eleven passengers.

The outter Miranda, Judd, master, sailed for 1 Mangawai, with a general cargo and eight passengers, on Saturday evening. The cutter Three Brothers, Seymour, master, sailed on Saturday evening for Mangawai, with a general cargo of merchandise and eight passengers. The schooner General Cameron, Captain Joyce, \ sailed on Saturday evening for Russell, Bay of Islands, with a general oargo and four passengers. The cutter Rob Roy, McLeod, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday from Kennedy's Bay, with a cargo of 19,302 feet of sawn timber. The cutter Bonita, Harris, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday, from Christchurcb, Canterbury, in ballast, having left that placo on the 14th instant, and experienced moderate winds during the pas- * sage. The cutter Mary Ann, Wood, master, arrived in i harbour on Saturday evening from Tairua, with a cargo of sawn timber. She left Tairua on Thursday, and passed the schooners Mapere and Helen, and the cutter Gazelle, on the way. Left the sohoouer Rapid at Tairua, loadiag for Auckland. The outter Bessy, Edwards, master, arrived in harbour from the Thames, with a cargo of sawn timber, early yesterday morning. * The cutter Hero, Joiner, master, arrived on Saturday evening from Mercury Bay, with a full cargo of sawn timber. The cutter Albert, Ghetaldy, master, arrived on Saturday from Coromandel, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Clyde, Law, master, arrived on Saturday evening from Mahur^ngi, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Cornstalk, Seymour, master, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Waiheki, with a cargo of firewood. The schoouet Caroline, McCaskill, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening from the Thames, with a cargo of kauri gum, Ac. The schooner Dot, Jones, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening from Omaha, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Shamrock, Stephen*, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening from Tairua, with a cargo of sawu timber. The cutter Agues, Joseph, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday night, from the Kawau, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Comet, Deen, master, arrived in harbour yesterday morning, from Puhoi, with firewood. The cutter Glance, Boatwrighfc, master, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Matakana, with a cargo of firewood. The schooner Mary Ira, Moilliett, master, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from the Great Barrier Island, with a cargo of firewood, having had some severe weather, and carried away her windlass since leaving Auckland. The Mary Ira cleared for Tauranga, vi& the Barrier ; but owing to the above accident, deemed it advisable to return to Auckland. On Saturday, 3rd instant, a most successful launch was made at Wilson's shipbuilding yard, at Dtrvauchille's Bay. The vessel was built for Mr. E. C. Latter. She is to be o screw steamer, and is said by many competent judges to be a very fiue vessel. Her dimensions are as follow ; —Length of keel, 98 feet; overall, 114 feet; breadth of beam, 20.3-12 feet; depth of hold, 8.3-12 feet. She is rigged as a three-masted schooner, and will be propelled by screw engines of 25-horse power, nominal, but which will work up to 100 hor«e power. They are made by Delany and Oakes, Phoenix Foundry, Greenwich. She was found to draw only 4.2-12 feet forward, and 4.8-12 feet aft, proving that her buoyancy was greater than had been calculated, and that she will be a most useful craft in the bar harbours of the colony. Her burden, builders' measurement, is 204 tons. — Canterbury Press, March 8.